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Life Punishes the Late—Adapt or Die

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Gerry Lynch

This will be the first of many shattering weeks in 2025. The old order is dead. Adapt or die. Continue reading →

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What Is A Man? The Question Asked by a Memorial to Forgotten Wars

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Gerry Lynch

The memorial to the fallen of the 1860s Wars of German Unification in the Rheinpark in Emmerich (Kriegerdenkmal, Emmerich). Emmerich is a sleepy little river port on the Rhine, literally within a casual afternoon stroll of the Dutch border.   Completed … Continue reading →

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The Opioids of the People

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Gerry Lynch

Crossposted at Slugger O’Toole… The United States government has launched a new anti-opioid campaign featuring true stories of people so desperate that they inflicted gruesome injuries on themselves to get another prescription. Such stories have already been more effectively told in … Continue reading →

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